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[Jorge Lopez]

Hello,

Do you have sendmail running on the linux box?  Is port 25 listening?

Can you send mail from the command line like:
 > mail user at example.org

-Jorge

On Apr 26, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Kristina Anderson wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Well, more weirdness.  I tested the code this afternoon and it  
> actually
> worked on the Windows box -- twice -- sent the email upon initial page
> load and again when I reloaded the page.  But then completely stopped
> working.  This was before I had created the php.ini file, and the only
> two times it ever worked on the Windows box.
>
> I then tested the same code on my domain server (a Linux/Apache setup)
> and it worked like clockwork, so it is most definitely NOT my code  
> that
> is the issue (or stuff needs to be added to the code to work with
> Windows).
>
> Pretty basic mail() code:
> //===
> $to = 'ka at kacomputerconsulting.com';
> $subject = 'Completing your Registration';
> $message = 'Hello there!Hello there!Hello there!Hello there!Hello  
> there!
> Hello there!Hello there!Hello there!Hello there!Hello there!Hello  
> there!
> Hello there!Hello there!Hello there!Hello there!Hello there!Hello  
> there!
> Hello there!Hello there!';
> $headers = 'From: registration at clientdomain.com' . "\r\n";
> $wmessage = wordwrap($message,70);
> mail($to, "Subject: $subject", $wmessage, $headers);
>
> //===
>
>
> I then created a php.ini file and put the following in it:
>
> SMTP = localhost
> smtp_port = 25
> sendmail_from = registration at clientdomain.com
>
> and put this first in my local directory and then in the root
> directory; tested each time and still no dice, mail is not sending...
>
> --Kristina
>
>
>> Hello Kristina,
>>
>> Friday, April 25, 2008, 3:16:55 AM, you wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Paul,
>>
>>> Thanks.  We are on PHP 4.x and Windows 2003 server and looking
> through
>>> the directories through FTP, there doesn't appear to be an existing
>>> PHP.INI file...the tech support is directing my client in what
> settings
>>> to configure in PHP.INI (Port 25 and STMP=localhost and so
> on)...I'm
>>> assuming for PHP 4.x I have to create this PHP.INI file?
>>
>>> Is it worth trying the below on a 4.x platform?
>>
>>> --Kristina
>>
>>>> Hi Kristina
>>>>
>>>> I was wrestling with this problem a few months ago, I remember
> having
>>> to do
>>>> some fiddling with the PHP.INI. Anyway the coding below works for
>>> WINDOWS
>>>> and PHP 5
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <?php session_start; ob_start;
>>>>    ini_set("SMTP", "smtp.isp.com");
>>>>    ini_set("smtp_port", "25");
>>>>    ini_set("sendmail_from", admin at isp.com);
>>>>
>>>>   $to  = "johndoe at hotmail.com";
>>>>   $subject  = "Enter your subject here";
>>>>
>>>>   $message = "YES IT WORKED @ LONG LAST
>>>>                        I can put anything I like here";
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   $from  = "FROM: admin at isp.com ";
>>>>   mail("$to", "$subject", "$message", "$from");
>>>>
>>>>   echo "The email has been sent";
>>>> ?>
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Kristina Anderson" <ka at kacomputerconsulting.com>
>>>> To: <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:28 AM
>>>> Subject: [nycphp-talk] using PHP mail function on Windows server?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone --
>>>>>
>>>>> My current client's app is a PHP 4 site running on a Windows box
>>> (don't
>>>>> ask...I have no idea why).  I'm trying to use the mail()
> function
>>> and
>>>>> the mail isn't cooperating.
>>>>>
>>>>> (Two things that I noticed in phpinfo() are that Internal
> Sendmail
>>>>> Support for Windows is enabled and the Zend engine is installed.
>>>>>
>>>>> So maybe I could/should be using another method to send the
> mails,
>>> or
>>>>> there is a trick that I'm not aware of that I need to use to get
>>> this
>>>>> to work?)
>>>>>
>>>>> It's not necessarily super high volume but we will be sending a
>>>>> significant amount of automated emails to registered people on
> the
>>> site.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for any help...
>>>>>
>>>>> --Kristina  (completely Uncertified in PHP and Unsure why the
> mail
>>> is
>>>>> not sending!)
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>> php.ini is probably in the WINDOWS folders or the equivalent on your
>> server as is my.ini as I remember.
>>
>> -- 
>> Best regards,
>> mikesz                            mailto:mikesz at qualityadvantages.com
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